This
course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design
a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 directory services infrastructure in
an enterprise network. Strategies are presented to assist the student in
identifying the information technology needs of an organization, and then
designing an Active Directory structure that meets those needs.

Who Should
Attend

This course
is intended for senior support professionals, architects, and consultants
responsible for developing an Active Directory design based on the business
needs of an organization. It is also appropriate for those who are on the
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Windows 2000 track and wish to acquire
the skills necessary to design an Active Directory services infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Course 1560, Updating
Support Skills from Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 to Microsoft Windows
2000, or equivalent knowledge and skills OR

This course helps you prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exams
#70-219 Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory
Services Infrastructure

Format

Hands-on Workshop.
One lab station for every participant.

Learning Objectives

Participants
will learn to:

Describe
guidelines for gathering business and administrative information from
an organization

And
explain how an architect uses that information to design an Active Directory
structure for an enterprise

Design
an Active Directory naming strategy that accommodates the organizational
structure of a business

Develop
a plan to secure and delegate administrative authority over Active Directory
objects based on the administrative model of an organization

Identify business needs
and scenarios that may require modification of the Active Directory
schema

Plan a policy to govern
schema modification

Create an Active Directory
design based on administrative Group Policy requirements defined by
business needs

Design an Active Directory
domain and the organizational unit hierarchy within the domain

Identify situations where
a multiple-domain Active Directory structure may be necessary to meet
the administrative and security needs of an organization, and then
design a structure
that meets those needs

Design a site topology
for managing Active Directory replication that fulfills the administrative
needs of an organization, and that optimizes the available bandwidth
of the physical network

Plan
for the design of an Active Directory structure that combines administrative,
replication, and naming requirements of an organization

Course Customization

Call
1-800-777-0753 for a detailed outline or for information about tailoring
this course to your specific needs.